Manned Spaceflights - 2002

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Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Parameters
STS-109 March 1, 2002
(11:22 GMT)
March 12, 2002
(09:33 GMT)
Commander: Scott Altman
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M Perigee: 570 km
Apogee: 570 km
Inclination: 28.45°
165 orbits
5 spacewalks
Pilot: Duane Carey
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: John Grunsfeld
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
58th Landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 33)
Mission Specialist 2: Nancy Currie
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA F
Mission Specialist 3: Richard Linnehan
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Columbia
(OV-102)
(27th Mission)
Grappled Hubble
March 3, 2002

(09:31 GMT)
Released Hubble
March 9, 2002

(10:04 GMT)
Mission Specialist 4: James Newman
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M Time
10 days
22 hours
11 minutes
Mission Specialist 5: Michael Massimino
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M

STS-110 April 8, 2002
(20:44 GMT)
April 19, 2002
(16:28 GMT)
Commander: Michael Bloomfield
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M Perigee: 226 km
Apogee: 226 km
Inclination: 51.6°
171 orbits
4 spacewalks
Pilot: Stephen Frick
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Rex Walheim
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Launch Pad 39B
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
59th Landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 33)
Mission Specialist 2: Ellen Ochoa
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA F
Mission Specialist 3: Lee Morin
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
(OV-104)
(25th Mission)
Docked with ISS
April 10, 2002

(16:05 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
April 17, 2002

(18:31 GMT) (PMA-2)
Mission Specialist 4: Jerry Ross
(7th Flight) (NASA Group 9)
USA M Time
10 days
19 hours
42 minutes
Mission Specialist 5: Steven Smith
(4th Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M

Soyuz TM-34
(7K-STM #208)
April 25, 2002
(06:26 GMT)
November 10, 2002
(00:04 GMT)
Commander: Yuri Gidzenko
(3rd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 8)
(Down - Soyuz TM-33) (9 days 21 hours 25 minutes)
Russia M Perigee: 385 km
Apogee: 396 km
Inclination: 51.6°
3,101 orbits
Flight Engineer: Roberto Vittori
(1st Flight) (EAC Group - Macro Polo Mission)
(Down - Soyuz TM-33) (9 days 21 hours 25 minutes)
Italy M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
80 km NE of Arkalyk
(50° 59' N, 67° 35' E)
Commercial Cosmonaut: Mark Shuttleworth
(1st Flight) (Space Adventures Group 2)
(Down - Soyuz TM-33) (9 days 21 hours 25 minutes)
South Africa M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U #675
Docked with ISS
April 27, 2002

(07:56 GMT) (Zarya nadir)
Undocked from ISS
November 9, 2002

(20:44 GMT) (Zarya nadir)
Backup Crew: Gennadi Padalka Russia M Time
198 days
17 hours
37 minutes
Backup Crew: Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko Russia M

STS-111 June 5, 2002
(21:22 GMT)
June 19, 2002
(17:58 GMT)
Commander: Kenneth Cockrell
(5th Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M Perigee: 226 km
Apogee: 226 km
Inclination: 51.6°
217 orbits
Pilot: Paul Lockhart
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Philippe Perrin
(1st Flight) (EAC Group) (NASA Group 16)
France M
Mission Specialist 2: Franklin Chang-Diaz
(7th Flight) (NASA Group 9)
USA M
ISS 5 Commander: Valeri Korzun
(2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 8)
(Down - STS-113) (184 days 22 hours 14 minutes)
Russia M
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
49th Landing at
Edwards Air Force Base,
California (Runway 22)
ISS 5 Science Officer (Flight Engineer 1): Peggy Whitson
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
(Down - STS-113) (184 days 22 hours 14 minutes)
USA F STS-111 Crew
3 spacewalks
ISS 5 Flight Engineer 2: Sergei Treshchyov
(1st Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 10)
(Down - STS-113) (184 days 22 hours 14 minutes)
Russia M ISS Crew 5
2 spacewalks
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
(OV-105)
(18th Mission)
Docked with ISS
June 7, 2002

(16:25 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
June 15, 2002

(14:32 GMT) (PMA-2)
Backup ISS Crew 5: Aleksandr Kaleri Russia M Time
13 days
20 hours
35 minutes
Backup ISS Crew 5: Scott Kelly USA M
Backup ISS Crew 5: Dmitri Kondratiyev Russia M

STS-112 October 7, 2002
(19:45 GMT)
October 18, 2002
(15:44 GMT)
Commander: Jeffrey Ashby
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA M Perigee: 226 km
Apogee: 226 km
Inclination: 51.6°
170 orbits
3 spacewalks
Pilot: Pamela Melroy
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 15)
USA F
Launch Pad 39B
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
60th Landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 33)
Mission Specialist 1: David Wolf
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 13)
USA M
Mission Specialist 2: Sandra Magnus
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA F
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
(OV-104)
(26th Mission)
Docked with ISS
October 9, 2002

(15:17 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
October 16, 2002

(13:13 GMT) (PMA-2)
Mission Specialist 3: Piers Sellers
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M Time
10 days
19 hours
58 minutes
Mission Specialist 4: Fyodor Yurchikhin
(1st Flight) (RKKE Detachment - Group 13)
Russia M

Soyuz TMA-1
(7K-STMA #211)
October 30, 2002
(03:11 GMT)
May 4, 2003
(02:07 GMT)
Commander: Sergei Zalyotin
(2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 11)
(Down - Soyuz TM-34) (10 days 20 hours 53 minutes)
Russia M Perigee: 202 km
Apogee: 259 km
Inclination: 51.6°
2,901 orbits
Flight Engineer: Yuri Lonchakov
(2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 12)
(Down - Soyuz TM-34) (10 days 20 hours 53 minutes)
Russia M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
N of the Aral Sea
(49° 37' 47" N, 61° 20' 36" E)
Flight Engineer: Frank De Winne
(1st Flight) (EAC Group - Odissea Mission)
(Down - Soyuz TM-34) (10 days 20 hours 53 minutes)
Belgium M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-FG #004
Docked with ISS
November 1, 2002

(05:01 GMT) (Pirs)
Undocked from ISS
May 3, 2003

(22:43 GMT) (Pirs)
Backup Crew: (Yuri Lonchakov) Russia M Time
185 days
22 hours
55 minutes
Backup Crew: Aleksandr Lazutkin Russia M

STS-113 November 24, 2002
(00:49 GMT)
December 7, 2002
(19:37 GMT)
Commander: James Wetherbee
(6th Flight) (NASA Group 10)
USA M Perigee: 226 km
Apogee: 226 km
Inclination: 51.6°
215 orbits
Pilot: Paul Lockhart
(2nd Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
Mission Specialist 1: Michael Lopez-Alegria
(3rd Flight) (NASA Group 14)
USA M
Mission Specialist 2: John Herrington
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
USA M
ISS 6 Commander: Kenneth Bowersox
(5th Flight) (NASA Group 12)
(Down - Soyuz TMA-1) (161 days 1 hour 18 minutes)
USA M
Launch Pad 39A
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida
61st Landing at
Kennedy Space Center,
Florida (Runway 33)
ISS 6 Flight Engineer 1: Nikolai Budarin
(3rd Flight) (NPOE Detachment - Group 9)
(Down - Soyuz TMA-1) (161 days 1 hour 18 minutes)
Russia M STS-113 Crew
3 spacewalks
ISS 6 Science Officer (Flight Engineer 2): Donald Pettit
(1st Flight) (NASA Group 16)
(Down - Soyuz TMA-1) (161 days 1 hour 18 minutes)
USA M ISS Crew 6
2 spacewalks
Space Shuttle
Endeavour
(OV-105)
(19th Mission)
Docked with ISS
November 25, 2002

(21:59 GMT) (PMA-2)
Undocked from ISS
December 2, 2002

(20:05 GMT) (PMA-2)
Backup ISS Crew 6: Michael Fincke USA M Time
13 days
18 hours
48 minutes
Backup ISS Crew 6: Salizhan Sharipov Russia M
Backup ISS Crew 6: (Donald Pettit) USA M

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